Ernie Hartlieb Quotes (6 Quotes)

From one year to the next, Chris has improved so much. You could see it in the playoffs last year. His big thing is his skating. He's such a great skater that he can play forward and defense. And he's got the best hands on the team, stick-handling wise.

They're going to be hungry coming in here, especially playing against Neilson. I'm sure they really want to beat us because we've beat them every time this season and they definitely want to beat Neilson.

That was the theme this morning, this afternoon and before the game second place is on the line here. (Tuesday) we had an opportunity to catch some points on Gwinnett because they lost. So we got our points tonight. We'll take it.

I told him that if he plays good in Fresno, it's going to be great for him. Every NHL and (American Hockey League) scout is going to be there, so it's a good chance for him to get called up to the AHL. He deserves that opportunity.

Intensity is the key. They're going to come out hitting. We've got to match their hitting. There are going to be some ugly goals around the net. That's how we have to score crashing the net.

We can catch (Gwinnett). It's this road trip that's going to be the defining point. Either we'll catch up or they'll pull farther ahead of us.